songs inspired by LOTR

[She-Ra]

Don't know if this topic has been done before, but I was listening to "Eleven Path" by Nightwish yesterday, and was wondering how many songs have been written based on Lord of the Rings and Tolkien. That would be one heck of a compilation that I would like to have.
So if you all could help me out and list the songs you can think of. I know there are some Pink Floyd songs, and obviously there are the soundtracks to the movies...
THX

 

[Lord SteveO]

Elvenpath is the only one i can think of to be honest, but there probably are more out there. Seeing as there's so many bands that have fantasy lyrics it wouldn't supprise me if some were inspired by some of the greatest books ever written!

 

[Birkenau]

Led Zeppelin obviously had alot of their track titles and songs inspired by LOTR...

 

[Evil Dead]

Led Zeppelin obviously had alot of their track titles and songs inspired by LOTR...

definetly Zep. Summoning. Shit too many bands to name. Alot of bands take their names from LOTR but from that the similarities stop, i.e. gorgoroth , amon amarth

 

[TB666]

Summoning has lyrics taken from the books and the music is awesome as well.

 

[eskimometal]

how about blind guardian's Lord of the Rings
or the night fall in middle earth album (ok so thats based on "the silmarillion" but its still tolkien)

 

[Edgecrusher]

The Crown has a song called "The Lord of the Rings" and the lyrics are taken from the ring's inscription.

 

[Bryan316]

...damn near half of all of Blind Guardian's material is rooted in the stories of Tolkien. Their concept album The Silmarillion was entirely based on the book of that name.

I've seen and heard many 'folk music' albums that were basically made as music you'd hear while drinking in the Green Dragon Inn or the Prancing Pony Inn.


Hmm...


Gotta go dig those up again....

 

[Donnie Darko]

Count Grishnackh

 

[Edgecrusher]

Count Grishnackh

I've got something Liv Tyler can GRISHNACKH on

 

[Donnie Darko]

I've got something Liv Tyler can GRISHNACKH on

 

[byrne]

Yeah, Burzum has LOTR influences, but I don't know the extent of it.

Summoning and Blind Guardian (as mentioned) are the ones that come to mind.

 

[Donnie Darko]

Yeah, Burzum has LOTR influences, but I don't know the extent of it.

Summoning and Blind Guardian (as mentioned) are the ones that come to mind.

The original name of Burzum was Uruk-hai

 

[Kenneth R.]

there's a glass hammer album...

and i may recall some Iced Earth as well.....

 

[EVERLOSTINDEADETERNITY]

The group BAttle Lore. Also 3 Inches of Blood's album cover is so Tolkein inspired. Also their song Destroy the ORcs. AMon AMarth or translated Mountian of Doom which is in LOTR.

 

[Edgecrusher]

AMon AMarth or translated Mountian of Doom

I thought that was Ephel Duath

 

[EVERLOSTINDEADETERNITY]

I thought that was Ephel Duath

MMM Im not sure now, but I read somewhere thats what it meant. I also couldve swore I saw it on the AMON AMARTH site. ALso in Lord of The RIngs many of the characters have multiple names .

 

[Lord SteveO]

Ephel Duath is a bunch of his near to where Frodo and Sam meet the big spider. In the film it thast place at the very end of the second film.
Amon Amarth is Mt doom only under a different name. It has lots of names in the books.

 

[Psychonaut]

The band Cirith Ungol obviously takes it's name from the books. There's another band called Cirith Gorgor.

 

[somejoy]

I've seen and heard many 'folk music' albums that were basically made as music you'd hear while drinking in the Green Dragon Inn or the Prancing Pony Inn.
Gotta go dig those up again....

The genre is called "filk". And here you can find nearly all the Tolkien-based filk there is.